<param>: The Object Parameter element

The <param> HTML element defines parameters for an {{HTMLElement("object")}} element.

[!NOTE] Use the {{HTMLElement("object")}} element with a data attribute to set the URL of an external resource.

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

name {{deprecated_inline}}
- : Name of the parameter.
value {{deprecated_inline}}
- : Specifies the value of the parameter.
type {{deprecated_inline}}
- : Only used if the valuetype is set to ref. Specifies the MIME type of values found at the URI specified by value.
valuetype {{deprecated_inline}}
- : Specifies the type of the value attribute. Possible values are:
  - data: Default value. The value is passed to the object's implementation as a string.
  - ref: The value is a URI to a resource where run-time values are stored.
  - object: An ID of another {{HTMLElement("object")}} in the same document.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	None; it is a {{Glossary("void element")}}.
Tag omission	Must have a start tag and must not have an end tag.
Permitted parents	An {{HTMLElement("object")}} before any flow content.
Implicit ARIA role	No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles	No `role` permitted
DOM interface	{{domxref("HTMLParamElement")}}